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((Other uses|Mirror Man (disambiguation)((!))Mirror Man))
((Use dmy dates|date=January 2014))
((Use British English|date=January 2014))
((More citations needed|date=November 2016))
((Infobox song
| name       = Mirror Man
| cover      = Mirrormancover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[The Human League]]
| album      = [[Fascination!]]
| B-side     = You Remind Me of Gold
| released   = 12 November 1982<ref>((cite journal|title=League reflects|journal=[[Record Mirror]]|date=6 November 1982|page=9|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/82/Record-Mirror-1982-11-06-OCR.pdf|access-date=19 March 2022))</ref>
| recorded   = Genetic Studios, [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], England
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Synthpop]], [[New wave music|new wave]]
| length     = 3:52 (7")<br />4:21 (12")
| label      = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]], [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| writer     = [[Philip Oakey]], [[Jo Callis]], [[Ian Burden]]
| producer   = [[Martin Rushent]]
| prev_title = [[Don't You Want Me]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[(Keep Feeling) Fascination]]
| next_year  = 1983
| misc = ((Audio sample
 | type = single
 | file = Mirror Man.ogg
))
))

'''"Mirror Man"''' is a 1982 song by the British [[synthpop]] group [[The Human League]]. It was released as a single in the UK on 12 November 1982 and peaked at number two in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It was written jointly by lead singer [[Philip Oakey]] with keyboard players [[Jo Callis]] and [[Ian Burden]], and produced by [[Martin Rushent]].

==Background==
"Mirror Man" (originally titled "Can't Get To Sleep At Night"<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-human-league/5876|title=The Human League|pages=8–9|magazine=Electronics & Music Maker|publisher=Glidecastle Publishing Ltd.|publication-date=February 1983|accessdate=27 December 2022))</ref>) was the first track written and recorded by the Human League after they returned from their World Tour, conducted in the wake of the enormous international success of their album ''[[Dare (album)|Dare]]''. "Mirror Man" was conceived and written as a celebration of Oakey and [[Philip Adrian Wright]]'s love of [[Motown]] records. It has been described as electronic [[northern soul]], with Oakey's main verses delivered in deliberate sentences with emphasis on the last word of each sentence. Vocalists [[Susan Ann Sulley]] and [[Joanne Catherall]] feature prominently throughout the song but have no lyrics, providing backing vocals of "oohs" and "ahhs". Recording and production was overseen by Martin Rushent, who had produced the band's album ''Dare''.

Speculation about who was the titular 'Mirror Man' was ended in 1988 when, during interviews to promote the band's [[Greatest Hits (The Human League album)|Greatest Hits]] album, Oakey revealed that it was about [[Adam Ant]]. Oakey had become concerned that Ant was starting to believe his own publicity, and was in danger of losing touch with reality.((cn|date=October 2022)) Oakey had avoided revealing this at the time for fear of offending the song's subject.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.stevepafford.com/25-years-ago-today-adam-ant-human-leagues-mirror-man/|title=It was 35 Years Ago Today: Adam Ant is The Human League's Mirror Man|accessdate=28 December 2022))</ref>

The song was released as a single in the UK in November 1982. It was the first new single the band had released since the phenomenal success of "[[Don't You Want Me]]" almost a year earlier. The single was tipped by the media to be the band's second [[Christmas number-one single]] in the UK, but peaked just short, at number two.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/human%20league/|title=Artist Chart History - The Human League|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=22 June 2013))</ref> The single did however reach number one in [[List of number-one singles of 1982 (Ireland)|Ireland]] earlier that month and also reached the Top 10 in Canada the following February.

Its release in the US was delayed until May 1983 where it was incorporated into the stop gap [[extended play|EP]] ''[[Fascination!]]''. [[A&M Records]], the band's record company in the US, had refused to release it as a single "unless there was to be an album hot on its heels".<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/articles_1983_smash_hits.htm |title=Sounds 12th August 1978 THE HUMAN LEAGUE |website=The-black-hit-of-space.dk |date= |accessdate=2016-11-05))</ref> The track peaked at number 30 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the fall of 1983.

''[[Cash Box]]'' described the song as "a cross between the [[Four Seasons (band)|Four Seasons]]' chestnut '[[Let's Hang On!|Let's Hang On]],' and the rock-steady rhythms of the mid-'60s [[Motown]] vault."<ref>((cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1983/CB-1983-09-24.pdf|date=September 24, 1983|accessdate=2022-07-20|page=8))</ref>

==Promotional video==
The promotional video for "Mirror Man" was conceived and directed by [[Brian Duffy (photographer)|Brian Duffy]]<ref>((IMDb title|id=tt9697578))</ref><ref>Human League Greatest Hits Video, 1988, credits</ref> and was filmed on location at a deserted theatre in London. The basic premise is that Oakey is a ghost of a performer who has died and now inhabits the theatre where he reveals himself to the band who have come to rehearse. The main scenes are of Oakey in a dressing room singing to a mirror, spliced in with footage of the crash and death of [[John Cobb (motorist)|John Cobb]] (whilst attempting to break the world water speed record on [[Loch Ness]] on 29 September 1952).

==Track listing==
;7" (Virgin – VS522)
# "Mirror Man" – 3:48
# "You Remind Me of Gold" – 3:36

;7" (A&M - AM-2587)
# "Mirror Man" – 3:48
# "Non-Stop" – 4:15

;12" (Virgin – VS522-12)
# "Mirror Man" – 4:21
# "You Remind Me of Gold" – 3:36
# "You Remind Me of Gold (Instrumental/Dub)" – 3:53

== Chart performance ==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Weekly chart performance for "Mirror Man"
|-
! Chart (1982-1983)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>((Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
| [[Ultratop|Belgium Singles Chart (Vl)]]
|style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
| Canadian [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] 50 Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
| [[Dutch Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
| French Singles Chart<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_H.php |title=InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste |accessdate=2012-06-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920094716/http://infodisc.fr/Bilan_H.php |archivedate=20 September 2013 |df=dmy ))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|84
|-
| [[Irish Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1 
|-
| [[RIANZ|New Zealand Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>((cite book|first= Fernando |last= Salaverri |title= Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |edition= 1st |date= September 2005 |publisher= Fundación Autor-SGAE |location= Spain |isbn= 84-8048-639-2 |language= es))</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
| [[Swedish Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|19
|-
| [[UK Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
| US ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|30
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Year-end chart performance for "Mirror Man"
! Chart (1983)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus83">((cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg |title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher=[[Kent Music Report]] |via=Imgur.com |access-date=22 January 2023))</ref>
| 67
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

((Human League))

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[[Category:The Human League songs]]
[[Category:1982 singles]]
[[Category:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Philip Oakey]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jo Callis]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Martin Rushent]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ian Burden]]
[[Category:1981 songs]]
[[Category:Virgin Records singles]]
[[Category:A&M Records singles]]

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